Loonie losers
Last week marked the second anniversary of the Great Canadian Consumer Uprising. When the loonie surged 18 per cent in the first 10 months of 2007 it exposed huge price gaps [...]
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Give people the benefit of the doubt. You can always overreact later.
I sometimes use the line in the title with my team at work and when giving leadership and management presentations. It is a corollary to the one bad argument can undermine [...]
Eternity Matters
In Praise Of High Standards
The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, the 56th Edition for 1975-1976 has a prominent place on my book shelf. It’s a massive book, probably weighs ten pounds. I never refer to [...]
First Today, Then Tomorrow
Used smartphones for sale
I’m a slave to my gadgets. I’m the kind of person who always wants to have the newest, coolest tech. So it’s kind of weird that I only just now got an iPhone 3GS. Such are the [...]
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Tips for Small Camera and Hybrid DSLR Production
It started in earnest last year and has no sign of abating. Videographers are clearly in the midst of two revolutions: tapeless recording and the use of the hybrid [...]
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Escapee Speaks: Cold Calls
Have you ever considered “Cold Calling” potential clients? It’s not easy to know the best way.
For this edition of Escapee Speaks, I want to highlight something that [...]
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JobQuest: A new networking angle
In this week in Job Quest, Les Young in Atlanta learns a new angle on networking, while Rodrigo Medina show us how small businesses in Barcelona are suffering.
Quest Means Business
Simon Cowell
Whilst some find it fun to bash Simon Cowell and the whole X-factor thing and there is some interesting stuff here about the whole spectacle, I was wondering about how much tax [...]
Confessions of an Undercover Theologian
Hanging around in Hanoi
If you’ve been bored enough to follow my Twitter feed you might have noticed that earlier this week I went into work and resigned.
I don’t want to go into too many details [...]
Our Man in Hanoi
Severe Money Woes
Nicolas Cage has some exhorbitant spending habits which have led to financial trouble. Just peep game… [...]
Media Outrage